Classic rock

Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station broadcasting format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. In the United States, this rock music format now features a limited playlist of songs ranging from late 1960s album tracks to current songs by artists associated with the loosely-defined "classic rock era."

Symphonic "classic rock"

Classic rock is also a term used to mean a fusion of classical and rock music, or more usually, rock music arranged for and played by a symphony orchestra and is consequently also called symphonic rock. The style was popularised by a series of albums called Classic Rock, Classic Rock 2, etc. performed by the London Symphony Orchestra in the 1970s. The resulting easy listening albums sold well and were popular until the early 1980s, when the form seemed to fall out of favour with the public. The LSO even scored a hit single with a medley of classic rock called Hooked on Classics, in 1981, though whereas the earlier albums were "classical" arrangements of hits by such artists as the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Harry Nilsson and others, Hooked on Classics took the opposite tack—arranging a series of well-known classical pieces into a medley with a common tempo and adding a rock drumming track. The medley form was briefly popular around that time due to artists such as Stars on 45.

Related Topics:
Classical - Rock - Symphony orchestra - Symphonic rock - London Symphony Orchestra - 1970s - Easy listening - 1980s - Hooked on Classics - 1981 - Rolling Stones - The Beatles - Harry Nilsson - Stars on 45

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There have also been a number of popular songs based on classical music; see List of popular songs based on classical music.

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